May sound like a dumb question, but do cops have to account for the bullets they have?

In other words, when they start a shift they must have a certain number of bullets on them, but when their shift ends do they get checked if they came back with less bullets? Then they'd have to be asked why, which would mean the shot their guns and if so, why?

But he's absolutely correct. Every incident a copy goes on has a report. The paperwork they have is unbelievable. And if they draw their gun in an incident, the details of why will not only be in the report, but there will be another form to fill out so it can be reviewed separately.

Yeah, they need to give an account why they felt threatened. The rule was put in place to make sure that the officer in question does not abuse his power. If the other guy was armed, for example, then its justified . But pointing your gun at someone who didn't stop at a stop sign? Nope.

I'm just wondering if they could start the day with say 20 rounds and come back with 19 and they could just be like nothing happened. Say there was no shooting reported, would someone ask them to explain why they have one less.

90% (pulled that statistic out of my ass) of cops seem to be great guys, but of the 10% of assholes out there they do not need to account for a damn thing. The things bad cops get away with sickens me.